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BlackBerry: two units shipped for every activation

Phil Wolff of Skype Journal found himself at BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion's annual meeting this week in Waterloo, Ontario.Major takeaways:As first reported June 28, RIM's income is  76% devices, 16% service, 5% software, 3% other."And when I asked at the RIM meeting why they had shipped 2.4 million units...

Tags: Corporate Stuff

Blog posts 2007-07-18

BlackBerry co-CEO on iPhone marketing: "a dangerous strategy"

Research In Motion co-CEO Jim Balsillie tells the Toronto Star's Chris Sorensen that although he could see where some people would find the iPhone's look appealing, he doubts the iPhone will have much impact on BlackBerry sales.Balsillie, who admits that he has not seen the iPhone up close and personal...

Tags: Corporate Stuff, Carriers

Blog posts 2007-07-07

BlackBerry CEO: iPhone's helped us

Apparently following the "high tide lifts all boats" mantra, BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion's co-CEO Jim Balsillie views the iPhone as a device that is focusing such attention on enhanced-featured mobile devices that BlackBerry is catching a kind of marketing contact high."I've said before they Apple did us a great favor...

Tags: Corporate Stuff

Blog posts 2007-07-03

What "iPhone?" RIM investors party like it's $199.99

Interesting that on the day that the purported semi-rival iPhone comes out, that BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion's stock price reaches an all-time high of $199.99 a share. And what's more, a 20%+ stock price jump!That tells me that RIM investors- the ones with their money on the line about BlackBerry's...

Tags: Corporate Stuff

Blog posts 2007-06-30

BlackBerry-maker announces FY 2008 1Q numbers: 9 mil+ users

BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion starts their Fiscal Year at the end of the first quarter of each calendar year. Because we are coming up to July 1, that means the end of 1Q FY'2008.Here are the numbers RIM thinks you should know:Revenue for the first quarter of fiscal 2008...

Tags: News, Corporate Stuff

Blog posts 2007-06-28

Analysts predict minimal iPhone impact on BlackBerry sales, stock

An article running this morning on the Dow Jones Newswires quotes analysts and presents information that the release of the iPhone may have minimal impact on BlackBerry sales.John Lynch of Needham & Co. tells Dow Jones that while the Palm Treo is popular with the iPhone's target market of...

Tags: Corporate Stuff

Blog posts 2007-06-26

BlackBerry co-CEO is buying the NHL Nashville Predators

NewsChannel 5 in Nashville, Tennessee reports that the National Hockey League's Nashville Predators are being sold to BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion's co-CEO Jim Balsillie.The deal, which will involve current Predator's owner Craig Leipold, is now in the final paperwork stage.An amateur hockey player to this day, Balsillie had previously attempted...

Tags: Corporate Stuff, News

Blog posts 2007-05-23

BlackBerry now has eight million users on $3 billion in revenue

BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion has posted fourth quarter fiscal year 2007 revenue of $930.4 million, an increase of 65.7 percent from $561.2 million in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2006.These results are preliminary, pending results of ongoing investigations related to options grants practices.The company says that net...

Tags: Uncategorized, Corporate Stuff

Blog posts 2007-04-12

Additional Resources

Windows "Workstation" 2008 better than Vista? OK then, show me the money!

Windows "Workstation" 2008 better than Vista? OK then, show me the money!dre` typo, i think"...nothing I would lie better than to..."It's the cost, Adrianlook at the difference in price.if i paid that much for a "desktop" OS, you can bet that I'd convince myself it was faster ;)The other thing...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Desktops, workstation, Vista x64, Server 2008, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, desktop, server, Vist-___

Discussion threads 2008-07-18

Has Microsoft pulled the plug on Windows Easy Transfer Companion?

Has Microsoft pulled the plug on Windows Easy Transfer Companion?Is this equivalent to Migration Assistant?I don't know anything about Easy Transfer, but I do know that Apple's Migration Assistant is fabulous. When I buy a new Mac, set up takes a few clicks and about 3 hours and voila, my...

Tags: Windows Easy Transfer Companion, Windows Easy Transfer, HAS Microsoft, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2008-07-18

Has Microsoft pulled the plug on Windows Easy Transfer Companion?

More than two years ago, Microsoft purchased Apptimum, Inc., which had developed two system utilities for transferring programs and settings from one computer to another. Roughly six months later, around the time Windows Vista was released to corporate customers, Microsoft announced that it would release the software under a new...

Tags: Team, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Ed Bott

Blog posts 2008-07-18

Legg Mason takes Yahoo's side vs. Icahn; Yang takes campaign to home page

Updated: Yahoo's argument that billionaire investor Carl Icahn is a short-timer with no clear plan to run the company has won over a key investor: Legg Mason. In addition, Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang is taking the company's campaign to its home page. In a broadcast to employees...

Tags: Jerry Yang, Legg Mason Inc., Board, Yahoo! Inc., Carl Icahn, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-18

NebuAd: Galileo or pariah?

So, it would seem we have found the outer limits of user tracking and ad-serving. At a House hearing yesterday, NebuAd ran into universal condemnation for its plans to monitor broadband customers' web visits and deliver targeting advertising, reports News.com's Declan McCullagh. Contemptible. Goes against everything...

Tags: Web, Advertisement, Cable Company, Internet Service Provider, Notice, NebuAd, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Cable, Channel Management, Network Technology, Internet, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Marketing, Networking, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-07-18

Microsoft's search ambitions are its Vietnam

Microsoft's search ambitions are its VietnamMicrosoft's search ambitions are its VietnamThe simple answer is no. Microsoft has Google envy? Since when? Google has been in constant decline for a couple of years now. Microsoft on the other hand has been growing. Their interest in search is...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Live Mesh, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc., software

Discussion threads 2008-07-18

The potential fallout from Apple vs. Psystar

The potential fallout from Apple vs. Psystaranticompetitive argumentThe problem with the anticompetitive argument is that the company engaging in the activity has to command a substantial share of the overall market. Apple doesn't even have 8% of the market. Also, Psystar never even tried to license Apple's intellectual...

Tags: Desktops, Operating systems, Psystar, Apple Inc., Apple Macintosh

Discussion threads 2008-07-18

Tough love: Linux needs more haters

Tough love: Linux needs more hatersGood article, JeremyI'm currently setting up our company network on Linux and will likely be bumping into some of those Samba issues. Complicated by having a mixed OS environment on the client side. Yeah, that's going to be fun. Nice that Google...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Linux

Discussion threads 2008-07-18

GE's Enterprise Collaboration Backbone

General Electric, the venerable multinational that was founded in 1878 in New Jersey, have at their core a hugely sophisticated enterprise collaboration system that is arguably the largest in the world. I was able to see Dr Sukh Grewal, Manager of GE's 'SupportCentral' collaboration...

Tags: Backbone, General Electric Co., SupportCentral, Collaboration, Groupware, Channel Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Marketing, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2008-07-17

EU files new charges against Intel

EU files new charges against IntelGreat news!!! We need competition on the merits for x86 processors.Without that, innovation will suffer and prices will rise. Absolutely great news!!!Same old cat fightIt's amazing how a core 2 duo chip could nail AMD this bad.I suppose, but, now AMD can file suit in...

Tags: Leadership, Processors, Intel Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-07-17

IBM: Big Blue beats expectations; raises full year guidance

updated: IBM, a bellweather that analysts have been watching as an indicator of the tech industry's economic health in the U.S., reported second quarter earnings of $2.8 billion, or $1.98 a share, an increase of 28 percent over the same quarter a year ago. Revenue was $26.8 billion, a 13...

Tags: Revenue, IBM Corp., Operational Accounting, Finance, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-07-17

Silverlight suit: Microsoft's conduct is "unlawful" and "willful"

Silverlight suit: Microsoft's conduct is "unlawful" and "willful"SilverliteSo... the point of this article is... ???Since Silverlight came from Microsoft...and Microsoft is the biggest name in software, it becomes way to easy for those jealous of Microsoft's success to tear down or discredit them with frivilous lawsuits. What if Silverlight came...

Tags: patent, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Silverlight, Silverlight suit, conduct

Discussion threads 2008-07-17